Prepare to be amazed by what happened in data and analytics this week.

For @451Research clients: The AI spring will herald a surge in machine-learning-related M&A https://t.co/0Pz59mOsZo By @nickpatience

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) November 24, 2016

For @451Research clients: @googlecloud creates machine-learning group, describes new GCP features https://t.co/2XYYNS3OVf By Peter Christy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) November 22, 2016

For @451Research clients: @Syncsort adds data-quality capabilities with acquisition of @TrilliumSW https://t.co/amGAUpd7U9

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 1, 2016

For @451Research clients: @Qlik sets out investment priorities to expand beyond visual analysis https://t.co/jYGgPye5S9 By Krishna Roy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) November 29, 2016

For @451Research clients: @BirstBI moves into DIY data prep, machine learning https://t.co/ZxklXDyFCk By Krishna Roy

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 1, 2016

For @451Research clients: New modules from @RedisLabs mix machine learning with NoSQL https://t.co/tYlyjJaTxv By @jmscrts

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) November 22, 2016

For @451Research clients: @awscloud enables interactive SQL querying of data in S3 with Amazon Athena https://t.co/n043K1jFHO

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 1, 2016

For @451Research clients: @awscloud unveils three new machine-learning services https://t.co/UWEgDxgZBG By @nickpatience

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 1, 2016

For @451Research clients: @BigStepInc offers a full big-data stack on optimized bare-metal https://t.co/c5UV21E8X1 By @jeanatelsek

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) November 24, 2016

Software AG has acquired predictive analytics and machine learning provider Zementis https://t.co/XQUeqSsI4B

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 2, 2016

Clearlake Capital-backed Syncsort acquires Trillium Software https://t.co/6xEMzXhYPT

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) November 30, 2016

Domino Data has raised a $10.5m funding round led by Sequoia Capital. https://t.co/y2fUoCtk2P

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) November 21, 2016

ArangoDB closes €2.2m investment led by Target Partners https://t.co/tnexFdPkem

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) November 24, 2016

Splunk reports a net loss of $93.5m on 3Q revenue up 40% to $245m. https://t.co/iOBJij9eNX

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) November 30, 2016

AWS introduces Amazon Athena, providing interactive SQL Queries for data in Amazon S3, based on Presto https://t.co/xreGo3L5fj

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) November 30, 2016

AWS announces three new artificial intelligence services for image analysis, conversational interfaces and speech https://t.co/WDiO3VBf6t

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 1, 2016

AWS expands Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL-compatible option https://t.co/eqogfU7rAX

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 1, 2016

Amazon Web Services introduces AWS Glue, a fully managed ETL and data catalog service https://t.co/Izgm0U5WMw

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) December 2, 2016

Birst launches Birst 6 analytics platform with self-service data preparation capabilities https://t.co/rGToXA72gf

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) November 30, 2016

IBM has launched IBM Decision Optimization, Bluemix Lift and dashDB for Transactions https://t.co/NMxD54rl4N

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) November 21, 2016

Microsoft updates Analytics Platform System with SQL Server 2016 https://t.co/DJZaf3cWit

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) November 29, 2016

Splice Machine launches version 2.5 of its hybrid relational data platform https://t.co/9bOYnpxoFU

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) November 29, 2016

Attunity introduces Compose for Amazon Redshift https://t.co/fT8DVkDwNO

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) November 30, 2016

Apache Geode is now a top level project of the Apache Software Foundation https://t.co/si4jx6GkuZ

— Matt Aslett (@maslett) November 21, 2016

And that’s the data day, today.